Jung Ilgyu and Dohyuk ran down toward the port from the hill. Although his two arms were bound, Ilgyu had no problem with keeping up to jump across.
It was actually Dohyuk who didn’t have good movement. As he was running, metal grass cut his skin. It wasn’t deep and it quickly stopped bleeding. But-
‘Let’s be calm.’
Dohyuk was nervous.
Phenomenal Nine. The nine powerful men who stood against Casita.
To Dohyuk, it was more than just a fact. They were almost as strong as him, and they followed him to the end. And the situation in the second life wasn’t that much different. From the first day to now, Dohyuk had been a powerful being.
But… no one here to stay with him and share his goal.
Dohyuk thought about the Phenomenal Nine. It wasn’t certain if they were even alive. It was just-
-If.
It was close to a daydream.
-If I meet them again… and decide to work together again…
There was no telling what might happen next if he met them. Dohyuk knew this very well, yet he couldn’t help but hope.
“What does he look like?” Dohyuk asked as he ran.
“Cactus Bill.”
“A pig,” Ilgyu answered. “You’ll see right away why I say he’s a pig.”
“…”
“Look. A few of them saw us.”
Dohyuk also realized that a few men who were overseeing the work stopped moving to look at them. Beasts. It was a bit far still, but Dohyuk could tell.
“We’ll quickly get within 50 meters before they prepare to hit us so that we can talk.”
“A very thoughtful strategy.”
Maybe he was being sarcastic, but Ilgyu jumped out to speed up. As they moved, the whole port now knew that they were coming. However, none of them fled or moved. The two men didn’t seem like much of a threat.
As they arrived at the 50-meter distance, someone walked up to them from within the port. It was a Caucasian man in early his early twenties.
The man shouted, “Who are you bastards?!”
“…?!”
The man spoke perfect Korean.
“If you don’t wanna die, kneel and raise your hands, you b*tches!”
“Oh, the white boy knows our language well.” Ilgyu laughed. Dohyuk guessed that these people probably had a relationship with Korean people in the previous life.
Dohyuk raised his hands.
“I have business with your boss, Cactus Bill.”
The response was immediate.
“You… You!”
What they ‘saw’ that was more shocking. All of the men around them were shocked to see Dohyuk.
“Emperor…”
People mumbled, and the atmosphere changed.
“That’s a shame,” Ilgyu spoke calmly. The vicious aura was doubling as they knew who Dohyuk was.
“Yoo Dohyuk. Bill. You came to see him?” the man asked.
“Yeah.”
“It’s simple.”
People began moving out toward the port, but there were some who were coming at them instead. It was the fighters.
“Throw down your weapons and cut off your muscles. Bill will come then. If you don’t do that, we will do it for you.”
“…”
Dohyuk then pointed behind him.
“If I go back without meeting with Bill?”
“We still cut your muscles.”
It was a quick answer.
“We’re f*cked,” Ilgyu retorted as he glanced around. Four men were circling them now.
“That Korean-speaking one is stronger than me… and the others are maybe strong as me? But I’m sure there’re more fighters back there.”
“Good observation.”
“Are you going to fight? Or run?”
Ilgyu shrugged. “Whatever it is, I can probably run. They’ll only target you since they seem to be afraid of you.”
It was an accurate analysis. The reason why they weren’t charging at them was because they knew Dohyuk.
“…Okay.” Dohyuk turned to Ilgyu. “Run if you want. This is the best chance you have.”
“What?”
“I think there’s a bigger problem here than you or Mayhab.”
“…”
Ilgyu narrowed his eyes. “So you won’t run?”
“I see no reason to.”
It didn’t look like the four of them were going to attack anytime soon. Unless Dohyuk ran away, they were trying to stall for reinforcements.
“Run away, if you want.”
“Shut up,” Ilgyu growled. It seemed like he was humiliated by Dohyuk’s calmness while facing a bad situation like this.
“Whatever. I’ll do my thing then.”
Dohyuk then opened up his stats.
<<Ability>>
-Strength: 421(+2)(C)
-Stamina: 594(+10)(B)
-Agility: 402(+7)(C)
-Magic: 56(+8)(D)
-Endurance: 311(+11)(C)
-Charisma: 253(+11)(C)
There was a bit of difference from five months ago. His Nature did help him increase a bit, but that wasn’t why he wasn’t investing in his stats.
-Coins: 18,034,123
It wasn’t also because he didn’t have coins.
<<Strength reached 1000 to increase Rank B -> A>>
<<Agility reached 1000 to increase Rank B -> A>>
<<Stamina reached 1000 to increase Rank B -> A>>
<<Required coins for stats increased to 500,000>>
“I’ve used all coins now.”
Dohyuk then looked at the man in front of them.
“What’s your name?”
“…Jordan.”
As he answered, Jordan felt that something was wrong. He knew reinforcements would be arriving soon, but Dohyuk wasn’t looking at them. He was looking over his shoulder.
“What are you looking at?”
“Oh, it’s nothing.”
Dohyuk shrugged and readied himself.
“I was counting how many of your friends are coming here.”
He was counting how many were coming from beyond with his heightened vision.
’12 seconds.’
That was the remaining amount of time for them to arrive.
“I have no offense toward you, Jordan.”
It was enough time.
“I just need to meet Bill. That’s all.”
And then Dohyuk was in front of Jordan. Dohyuk kicked Jordan’s vital organs, and as Jordan slumped forward, Dohyuk grabbed him and threw him to the man on the right. The man named Lucas, was struck by Jordan and he tried to grab him, but he was also thrown to the ground.
Jordan was too late. As Lucas realized and pushed the screaming Jordan to the side and stood, he was now alone. The other two men were on the ground, clutching their injuries.
Dohyuk walked up to him.
“P-please…”
Before he can finish, Dohyuk also unleashed the attack that made everyone else drop to the ground.
Dohyuk then spoke.
“7 seconds.”
Now, only 5 seconds were left until men would get here.
It was enough time to calculate an attack.